土曜日の花だん当番

At the front gate, she met Yui, and the two of them carried the buckets first.

Today the weather was good, and the sky was also very blue.

But the soil in the flower bed was a little dry.

Aya first filled the watering can with water and gave water starting with the small flowers.

Yui took out the long hose and poured water on the flower bed in the back.

The red flowers were healthy, but the white flowers were a little weak.

So the two of them crouched down and looked carefully under the leaves too.

Then small bugs were attached to the leaves.

Yui gently took that leaf so that she could show it to the teacher.

The teacher came right away from the staff room and said, “Not only water them, but also take off the old leaves, please.”

Aya and the others borrowed scissors and a bag and gathered the leaves that had turned brown.

While they were doing the work, other students on duty also came.

Because the first-year boy was doing it for the first time, Yui explained the way to do it slowly.

When everyone worked for a while, the color of the flower bed looked brighter than before.

After that, Aya brought a new bag of soil from the storage room.

It was heavy, but because a friend helped, they could carry it right away.

When putting in the soil, the teacher taught them, “Please do not press the roots strongly.”

So she would not forget the important points, Aya wrote them briefly in her notebook.

By around ten o’clock, the area around the flower bed had also become clean.

At the end, everyone washed the tools they had used and returned them to their original place.

The wind blowing across the schoolyard was still a little cold, but their mood was bright.

Yui said with a laugh, “Next week I want to plant yellow flowers too.”

Aya also answered, “If the flowers increase more, coming in the morning will be more fun too.”

The two of them looked once more at the flower bed that had become clean, and then went home with happy feelings.